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Name?

"to be named for the state of New York." isn't it named after the city of New York? --24.6.127.199 08:18, 28 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Nope; it'd be named "USS New York City" if it were (as previous ships with that name were). See also: USS_New_York_City -- MyrddinEmrys 06:05, 12 June 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The history channel documentary about the making of this vessel states that it is named after New York (the city). All the other vessels in the San Antonio Class are also named for cities, with the exception of the USS Somerset (named for the County where United Flight 93 crashed). http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ship/lpd-17.htm 66.73.165.197 01:37, 4 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

"Governor George E. Pataki wrote a letter to Secretary England requesting that the Navy revive the name USS New York in honor of September 11's victims and to give it a surface warship involved in the war on terror. In his letter, the Governor said he understood state names presently are reserved for submarines but asked for special consideration so the name could be given to a surface ship. The request was approved August 28, 2002."

from the LPD 21 fact sheet published by the US Navy User:Pedant 22:47, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Of course, New York is the name of a city in the state of New York so if the Navy were reserving state names for submarines then special dispensation would have to be given to use a "state name" even if the sole intent was to name the vessel after the city of New York. Sometimes things really do turn out to be both a floor wax and a dessert topping. - Dravecky 05:10, 28 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

On (not) using city names on nukey subs: Shhh. Don't anyone tell folks who are on/who were on the Albany, Los Angeles, Chicago, Augusta, Alexandria, Annapolis, Asheville, Atlanta, Baltimore, Baton Rouge, Birmingham, ..., Toledo, and Tucson, etc, etc. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submarines_of_the_United_States_Navy. In the case extant, involving this newest LPD: IT IS OF COURSE named for the city, not the state, the observation comment in Pataki's letter-request notwithstanding.

98.164.237.198 (talk) 13:17, 5 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

order

According to San Antonio class amphibious transport dock list is the fifth not the sixth --Jor70 19:58, 10 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Article name

This ship's name is the New York, not the USS New York. It won't be USS until its commisioning in 2009. User:Pedant 22:50, 1 July 2007 (UTC)[reply]

References

The link to HullNumber.com might need to be removed because the website in question has many mistakes regarding the facts. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.24.53.42 (talk) 15:29, 7 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

USS New York LPD-21 origin

Could any of you editors look at this information and see if its pertent to this article, it involves me so its a COI for me to post. Scott

http://www.ussnewyork.com/wordpress/?p=350 http://www.ussnewyork.com/wordpress/?p=36

http://militarytimes.com/blogs/broadside/2009/02/18/bonded-by-a-miracle/

William Jefferson - an insult

It is an insult to the Navy, victims of 911 and the people who serve to defend this country to have the name of the convicted felon, William Jefferson, highlighted in the text of LPD-21 as follows: Several dignitaries were in attendance, including Louisiana Congressman William J. Jefferson, Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England, members of the New York Police Department and New York Fire Department, and family members of 9/11 victims.Bold text

Jefferson is a disgrace to the nation. His name in the text adds nothing to the value of the information and should not be in the same sentence as the reference to Police Dept, Fire Dept victims etc.

9-11-09

Yelodog (talk) 15:41, 11 September 2009 (UTC)[reply]